inspiration
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We drew a lot of inspiration from the Congresses that wrote the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments after the Civil War.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Xiaohongshu is now the first place "a lot of younger travellers" seek inspiration, said Ming Yii Lai, senior strategy consultant at Daxue Consulting.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
“He was absolutely my inspiration because he was technically minded. He made my childhood and formative years one of the greatest times of my life,” Don Iwerks told The Times in 1998.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Only today’s would-be homesteaders look to TikTok stars like Ballerina Farm’s Hannah Neeleman for inspiration or don Gunne Sax-style prairie dresses and call the look cottagecore.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
All inspiration aside, there were underlying reasons for making the transition.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
From then on, the two would remain friends, correspondents, confidantes, sounding boards, and inspirations to one another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Manchester United captains, talismen and inspirations; both eager that the club continues to climb out of the doldrums and reconnect with a glorious past Rooney was part of before Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
The Syrian Revolution inspired Zaalan to become a clown after losing friends, acquaintances and inspirations who were truth tellers and artists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
History, by this model, offers motley warnings, reality-checks and sober inspirations for the work ahead in place of a master narrative.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2026
Where The Beades had plundered music hall, centuries-old Anglo-Celtic folk and the sounds of the 1960s electronic avant- garde, Steve Reich derived his inspirations from African drumming and Balinese gamelan music.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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An Inspirational Back-to-School Word List
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The Ingenious Lexicon of Invention
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